Stellacrinus hughesae

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Roveacrinida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Classis: Crinoidea
Subclassis: Articulata
Ordo: †Roveacrinida

Familia: †Roveacrinidae
Subfamilia: †Hessicrininae
Genus: †Stellacrinus
Species: Stellacrinus hughesae
Subspecies: S. h. cristatus – S. h. hughesae

Name

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  • Stellacrinus hughesae Gale, 2016: 519
    • Geological age: Cretaceous; Campanian, M. testudinarius zone through G. quadrata zone
    • Type locality: Meeching Marls, O. pillula zone, Friar's Bay Steps, Sussex, U
    • Typus: Holotype NHMUK EE 16148; paratypes NHMUK EE 16149-16154, 16202
    • Distribution: UK, Netherlands, Texas
    • ZooBank: 73BD6A02-E7D6-41F6-8070-1996F9324038

References

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  • Gale, A.S. 2016. Roveacrinida (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Santonian–Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of England, the US Gulf Coast (Texas, Mississippi) and southern Sweden. Palaeontology, 2(4): 489–582. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1050   Reference page.  [See p. 519, original description]
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